From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In... The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 237by Samuel Johnson - 1772Full view - About this book
| John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1716 - 416 pages
...CECILIA'J Day, 1687. By Mr. J. DRYDEN. . - •• FROM Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony This Univerf.tl Frame began. When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring Atoms lay, And cou'd not heave her Head, The tuneful Voice was heard from high, Arife ye more than dead. Then cold,... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...fhe join'd the former two. SONGS. ASONG FOR St. CECILIA'S Day, 1 687. i. ROM Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony This Univerfal Frame began : When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring Atoms lay, And cou'd not heave her Head, The tuneful Voice was heard from high, Arife, ye more than dead. Then cold,... | |
| John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pages
...lefs, With here and there a pawn. A SONG FOR gt, CECILI A's Day, 1687, I. 0 FROM harmony, from heav'nly harmony This univerfal frame began : When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And cou'd not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arife, ye more than dead. Then cold,... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 488 pages
...here and there a pawn. A SONG FOR St. CECILI A's . Day, 1687. • • I. FROM harmony, from heav'nly harmony This univerfal frame began : When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And cou'd not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arife, ye more than dead. Then cold,... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 386 pages
...harmony This univerfal frame began : When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And cou'd not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from...cold, and hot, and moift, and dry, In order to their ftations leap, And Mufic's power obey. From harmony, from heav'nly harmony This univerfal frame began... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 388 pages
...lefs, With here and there a pawn. A SONG for St. CECILIA'S Day, 1687. i. FROM harmony, from heav'nly harmony This univerfal frame began : When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And cou'd not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arife, ye more than dead. Then cold,... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1773 - 268 pages
...(he join'd the other two. SONG S. A SONG for St CECILIA's DAY, 1687. I. FROM harmony, from heav'nly harmony, This univerfal frame began : When nature...cold, and hot, and moift, and dry, In order to their ftations leap, And Mufic's pow'r obey. From harmony, from heav'nly harmony, This univerfal frame began... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1778 - 438 pages
...Day, 1687. IFROM harmony, from heav'nly harmony, This universal frame began, When Nature undernoath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead! Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...In his firft ode for Cecilia's day, which is loft in the fplendor, of the fecond, there are pafiages which would have dignified any other poet. The firft...cold and hot, and moift and dry, In order to their ftations leap, And mufic's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This univerfal frame began... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 376 pages
...word diapafen is too technical, and the rhymes are too remote fiom one another. From DRYDE N. 245, From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This univerfal frame began : When nature underneath a heap_ of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard, from high, Arife... | |
| |